General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mělník
Cadastre: Střezivojice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0244, 02442
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 41

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rock needle 16 metres long and 13 metres high. Formed of bedded coarse-griained quartzose sandstone of the Jizera Formation. Common iron inctrustations, interesting weathering phenomena. Geomorphologically attractive locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: incrustation
Genesis: sedimentary, weathering
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Kokořínsko
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Müler, B. (1923): Der geologische Aufbau des Daubauer Grünlandes. - Sbor. Stát. geol. Úst., 3, 123-181. Praha. Balatka, B. - Sládek, J. (1972): Kamenné růže v Prolomených horách. - Lidé a země, 21, 1, 45-46. Praha. Němec, J. (1985): CHPV Špičák u Střezivojic. - Památky a příroda, 10, 9, 565-566. Praha.Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982 - 85.- Středisko památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str.119 - 120, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Adamovič Jiří, 10.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 20.09.05, Gürtlerová Pavla 24.07.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 41 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/41.

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